Improvement in animal-traps



G. W. KELLEY.

ANIMAL-TRAPS. N0.184;,386. Patented Nov.14,1876.

WITNESSES: I lNvEN-mR PEP? . ATTURNEY.

U ITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE w. KELLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, onto.

' IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL TRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,386, dated November14, 1876; application filed June 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEO. W. KELLEY, of Springfield, in the county ofClarke and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Animal-Traps, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of ananimal-trap, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to-enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionap'pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view with part of the top removed. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview.

A represents the box, which is, by a longitudinal partition, B, dividedinto two compartments, A and A The compartment A is provided with agrating, a, on top, and at each end it has a sliding door, 0, moving atthe top on a rod, 1), and at the bottom in a guide, d, as shown. Thedoors 0 U are, by rods 0 e, connected with cranks DD upon the ends of ashaft, E, which passes longitudinally through the compartment A At oneend of the shaft E is a coil-spring, h, for operating the shaft andopening and closing the doors 0 G. From the shaft E project two arms, ii, in opposite directions, which 4 arms are to engage with, or be caughtupon, shoulders on the pivoted ends of two levers, G G, which arepivoted to earsin the top of the compartment A and projectinto thecompartment A The end of the lever G is held by a latch, k, projectingfrom a rocking shaft, m, in the compartment A from which shaft dependsthe bait-hook n. The end of the lever G is held by a latch, H, made inthe form of an elbow-lever and pivoted in the box, one arm of said latchbeing connected to an arm, 10, projecting from the upper hinged endof agrating, I. This grating is hinged in an opening made in the partitionB, to form communication between the two compartments of the trap, thegrating extending into the compartment A and resting on the bottomthereof. Directly opposite this grating,in the side of the compartment Ais a grating, J, and in said side is also a hinged door, K, held closedby a pin, .9, as

shown. The two levers G G being held by their respective latches,thespring h is wound up by turning the shaft E by means of one of itscranks, and when the arm i on said shaft is allowed to rest against theshoulder as on the lever G, the doors 0 C are open.- When an animal nowenters the compartment A and attempts to take the bait on the hook n,the shaft m rocks so as to withdraw the latch kfrom the lever G, andsaid lever at once' yields to the pressure of the arm t, caused by thespring h, and the shaft E then makes one half of a revolution, closingthe doors 0 G,

and the arm 13. strikes the shoulder :10 on the lever G and stops theshaft. The animal then, seeing it is trapped, will go toward thelightthat is, pass into the compartment A by raising the hingedgrating'I, which immediately falls again, and the animal cannot raise itfrom that side to pass out. The raising of the grating I withdraws thelatch H from the end of the lever G, and allows the shaft E to makeanother one-half revolution, opening the doors 0 G, and thus setting thetrap again, the arm ibein'g then caught by the lever G to hold the trapopen. The trapped animals are removed by opening the doors K.

- Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an animal-trap, the combination of the compartment A sliding doors0 0, connecting-rods e a, shaft E, with cranks D D and arm 41, the leverG, and rocking shaft m, with latch GEO. W. KELLEY.

Witnesses:

. J. B. TRUMBO, Jr., IRWIN TENNANT.

